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crayer, crare Obs. exc. Hist.|krɛə(r)|
Forms: 4– crayer, 5 krayer, 5–7 Sc. crear, 6 creyer, crayor, craire, Sc. crayar, 6–7 craier, craer, Sc. and north. crair, 9 creer, 6– crare.
[a. OF. crayer, craier, creer, croyer, in med.L. craiera, creyera.]
A small trading vessel formerly used.
c1325Coer de L. 4785 Berges, schoutes, crayeres [printed trayeres] fele. a1400Morte Arth. 3667 Cogge appone cogge, krayers and oþer. 1481–90Howard Househ. Bks. (Roxb.) 25 His crayer ladden with wete. 1493Charter in Hist. Montrose (1866) I. 10 All schippis, crearis, and botis perteining to oure leigis. 1548Hall Chron. 18 b, Robbed .v. or .vi. littel Craiers and fisher botes laden with fyshe and corne. 1551Acts Privy Council 15 Nov. III. 417 Those Fleminges that have unlaufully taken ij Englishe crares. 1611Shakes. Cymb. iv. ii. 205 To show what coast thy sluggish crare Might easiliest harbour in. 1652Needham tr. Selden's Mare Cl. 496 Our Cobles, Crayers, and Boats beeing small,..are easily swallowed by a rough Sea. 1753Maitland Hist. Edin. iii. 248 Every large Lime-boat and Crear without a Topmast. 1844J. Jack Hist. St. Monance 73 Six creers sailed regularly from this port to the Orkney Isles. 1849J. Grant Kirkaldy of Gr. xiv. 131 He made several voyages with two armed crayers or sloops between Leith and the shores of Fife. |